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| | | | Brendon & Rachel
| Team Relationship: Engaged |
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| | Team Member #1 Name: Brendon Villegas | Age:
| 31
| Occupation:
| Ph.D Student at UCLA
| Hometown:
| Westwood,California
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| | Team Member #2 Name: Rachel Reilly | Age:
| 27
| Occupation:
| Event Hostess
| Hometown:
| Westwood,California
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| | RACE TRACKER:
| Leg
| Pit Stop Location
| Ending Position
| | Starting Line | Santa Barbara,Calfornia | 5th
| | 1 | Santa Barbara,Argentina
| 2nd
| | 2 | Buenos Aires,Argentina
| 4th
| | 3 | Asuncion,Paraguay
| 2nd
| 4
| Turin,Italy
| 6th
| 5
| Bavaria, Germany
| 5th
| 6
| Baku, Azerbaijan | 4th | 7
| Ngorongoro, Tanzania
| 4th
| 8
| Lake Manyara, Tanzania
| 4th⊂⋑ | 9
| Cochin, India
| 2nd
| 10
| Cochin, India
| 2nd
| 11
| Osaka, Japan | 3rd
| 12
| Honolulu, Hawaii, USA | 3rd
| Average Placing: 3.42 |
RACE NOTES LEG 1 RECAP:
- Finished the starting line task in 5th place.
- Was on the 1st flight to Argentina
- Arrived at the Roadblock in 2nd place
- Brendon did the Roadblock while Rachel did the skydiving task and finished in 2nd place.
- Arrived at the Empanada task in 1st place.
- Check in the mat in 2nd place.
|  LEG 2 RECAP:- Started the leg in 2nd place.
- Everyone caught up to the while waiting for a chasqui who would give them their next clue.
- Choose 'Boil my Water' detour.
- Finished in 4th place.
- Was on the 1st bus to Buenos Aires.
- Their bus arrived at Buenos Aires 1st.
- Arrived at Mercado de Hacienda de Liniers in 3rd place.
- Rachel did the Roadblock and had lots of trouble.
- Mark offered to help her and she finished in 4th place.
- Brendon blamed her for not getting any taxis.
- Brendon immediately said sorry when she started crying.
- Check in the mat 4th place
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 LEG 3 RECAP:
- Started the leg in 4th place.
- Was on the 2nd flight to Paraguay
- Got their clue from the metal shop in 5th place
- Originally chose the Stacked Up detour task, but Rachel decided to switch task because she was offended by Vanessa's comment.
- Arrived at the Strung Out task in last place.
- Rachel dd great at the harp task jumping to 3rd place.
- Arrived at the Roadblock in 3rd place, Rachel did the task and completed it on the same placement.
- Had a footrace with Joey & Danny to the pitstop
- Rachel crawls to the mat, heaving and hunched over, placing 2nd place.
|  LEG 4 RECAP:
- Started the leg on 2nd place
- Were on the 1st flight to Italy.
- Arrived at Lingotto Building in 2nd place.
- Rachel did the Roadblock task and completed it on 1st place.
- Arrived at Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile and found the coin which had their clue on 2nd place.
- Rachel complained about Brendon yelling at her.
- Had problems figuring out their clue on the coin, dropping them to 6th place.
- Arrived at Mole Antonelliana in 6th place.
- Chose Taste That Salami task.
- Had troubles doing the last 4 salamis.
- Rachel panicked when she saw Kerri & Stacy catching up to them. She cried about how much terribly they're doing.
- Finally finished the task in 6th place.
- Check in the mat 6th place, much to their delight.
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 LEG 5 RECAP:
- Started the leg in 6th place
- Were on the 3rd and last train to Austria.
- Arrived at Zum Rassen Guesthouse on Germany in 6th place
- Chose Fairy Tale detour task.
- They completed detour in last place.
- Unlike other teams, they went straight to the right castle, pushing them back top 6th place.
- Arrived at Roadblock in 5th place.
- Brendon did the task and completed it in 5th place.
- Brendon fall at the mat and checked in 5th place
|  LEG 6 RECAP:
- Started the leg in 5th place.
- Were on the same flight with the rest of the teams to Azerbaijan
- Bunched with the rest at Temple Ateshgah
- Got their clue from the temple in 5th place.
- Arrived and get their clue at Occupational Training International in 4th place.
- Brendon did the Roadblock and finished in 5th place.
- Chose Oil detour task and complete in it 4th place
- Checked in the mat 4th place.
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LEG 7 RECAP:
- Started the leg in 4th place.
- Were on the same flight to Tanzania with the rest of the teams.
- Brendon runs past Ralph and JJ heading to the transfer desk and Ralph says Brendon gave him the finger.
- Rachel had an argument with Vanessa, while the latter made personal insults to Rachel.
- At the counter, Rachel expresses her annoyance at being hurled insults when she hasn't done anything to Vanessa, which draws an eyeroll and laugh from JJ right next to them.
- Made it to the 1st Charter Flight to Ngorongoro Crater together with Art & JJ.
- Got their clue from the Masai Warrior in 2nd place.
- Chose the Courtship detour task.
- Finished detour in 1st place.
- Arrived at Simba Campsite in 2nd place.
- Had some troubles with the tent task, finishing in 4th place.
- Checked in the mat 4th place.
|  LEG 8 RECAP:
- Started the leg in 4th place.
- Talked about the possibility of them being U-turned by the other teams.
- Found Hillary Clington Shop in 4th place.
- Chose to do the Air Supply task.
- Completed the detour task in 4th place.
- Arrived at the U-turn area in 4th place and found out that they were U-turned by Art & JJ.
- Since they saw Vanessa & Ralph were behind them and running around like their head cut off, they U-turned the divorcees.
- Did the Water Supply detour task and finished in 4th place.
- Arrived at The Gem Gallery & Arts in 4th place.
- Arrived at Margaret's Farm in 4th place.
- Rachel did the Roadblock and completed it in 4th place.
- Checked in the mat 4th place surviving the U-turn.
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 LEG 9 RECAP:
- Started the leg in 4th place
- Were on the 2nd flight to India with all the other teams (except for Vanessa & Ralph)
- Arrived at the Sacred Heart College in 3rd place.
- Rachel did the Bollywood Dance Roadblock task and had some troubles with it. After her 3rd try, she got emotional and started crying.e
- Rachel completed the task after her 4th try and were on 3rd place.
- Arrived at the Indian Coffee House in 3rd place and chose the Cricket detour task.
- They had a showdown with Art & JJ during the task, in the end Rachel defeated Art after hitting the ball before him.
- Stepped in the mat 2nd place.
|  LEG 10 RECAP:
- Started the leg in 2nd place
- Arrived at the Cheranallur Temple and received blessings in 2nd place.
- Chose to do the Fast Forward task and must shave their heads.
- Rachel can't do it though. She paid $500 for extensions. So they have to backtrack and instead head to the next Route Marker at Pattanacaud Coir Mats and Mattin, they arrived in 4th place.
- Brendon did the Roadblock.
- JJ psych Rachel out by saying Mark & Bopper could easily get in front of them all, leaving Brendon & Rachel in last and possibly eliminated.
- Brendon completed the Roadblock in 4th place.
- Arrived at Fort Kochi and found barber in 4th place.
- Chose the Pachyderm detour task and finish it quickly in 3rd place.
- They almost caught up with Rachel and Dave's ferry, but they didn't and must wait for the next one.
- Outrun Vanessa & Ralph and checked in 2nd place.
- Rachel some arguments with Vanessa as the latter accused the Brendon & Rachel of cheating.
- Both women seems to apologize to each other. Rachel then extends her hand and they shake with Vanessa.
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 LEG 11 RECAP:
- Started the leg in 3rd place.
- Were on the same flight with the rest of the teams to Japan.
- Missed the 1st bus to the station, and they both argued about it. Brendon met a nice man at their bus, who bought ferry tickets for them. They amde it to the 1st ferry to Miyajima.
- Were on the same bullet train with the other teams to Osaka.
- Together with Dave & Rachel they choose to take the subway to the TV station.
- Arrived at the Roadblock in 3rd place. Brendon did the Roadblock and completed it on 2nd place.
- Arrived at the Omeda Sky Building and chose theBingo Shout-out detour task.
- When Art & JJ finished before them at the Roadblock, and Vanessa & Ralph arrived Rachel started to panick.
- Completed the detour task in 3rd place.
- Found themselves lost fining the pitstop at the Osaka Castle, they even met Art & JJ, but still they checked in 3rd place.
|  LEG 12 RECAP:
- Started the leg in 3rd place.
- Were on the same flight with the other teams to Hawaii.
- Brendon & Rachel's taxi driver knows where to find the twins known as "Mauka" and "Makai" which refers to twin Waterfront Towers in downtown Honolulu.
- Arrive just as Rachel & Dave suit up and the Rachels are happy if either of them wins, as long as it's not Art & JJ.
- Both did the rapelling task quickly and found their next destination 2nd place.
- They arrived at the 1st Roadblock and Brendon did it, he finished in 2nd place.
- Rachel misread their clue, instead of going on foot they take a cab going to the wrong place.
- They realized their mistake and Brendon started blaming her a little, she started to cry and said that she hates Brendon.
- Ride their helicopter to North Shore of Oahu and got their clue in 3rd place.
- Arrived at the 2nd Roadblock in 3rd place.
- Rachel did the 2nd Roadblock, she defeated Art in the first game, but she had troubles doing the 2nd game allowing Art to pass her.
- Arrived at the finish line in 3rd place and were happy about being the runner ups of the season.
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THEIR GAME | STRENGTHS: |
- Both are fit
- Both are competitive
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| WEAKNESSES: |
- Rachel can be very emotional when she knew they were doing terrible at tasks.
- Disliked by some teams
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| MEMORABLE QUOTES: |
- Leg 1: Rachel: "We are right on the tails of the border patrol."
Brendon: "I'm half-Mexican and I hate them for a reason."
Rachel: "Brendon, stop it." - Leg 2 Rachel: "I don't know anything about cows except they taste good as steak."
- Leg 3 Rachel: "Her disgusting smile is painted on like her overdone makeup."
- Leg 4 Brendon: "So we saw the ogre… and the Triflin' Ho.
Rachel: "The Amazing Race is supposed to be fun and good." - Leg 5 Rachel: "Oh my God, are you okay? Holy manure!"
- Leg 7 Jamie: "We can still run faster than them."
Brendon: "Border patrol? Who you checkin? I'm crossing that whole in the fence."
Jamie: "I love it!"
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| MEMORABLE MOMENTS: |
- Rachel doing the Roadblock on Leg 2
- Rachel crying on the 2nd leg because Brendon blamed her for not getting any taxi.
- Rachel getting emotional during Leg 4.
- Brendon and Rachel's argument with Ralph and Vanessa on leg 7
- Brendon & Rachel U-turned by Art & JJ on Leg 8.
- Brendon & Rachel U-turning Vanessa & Ralph on Leg 8.
- Rachel beating Art at the detour on Leg 9
- Rachel misreading their clue on the final leg, putting them behind with the other teams.
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DETOURS / ROADBLOCKS / FAST FORWARDS:
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DETOURS:
| ROADBLOCKS:
| FAST FOWARDS:
| | Leg 1: N/A | Leg 1: "X marks the spot" Brendon
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| | Leg 2: Boil my Water | Leg 2: "Calculate Cattle" - Rachel |
| | Leg 3: Stacked up | Leg 3: "Bottle Dance" - Rachel
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| Leg 4:Taste That Salami
| Leg 4: "Rappelling" - Rachel |
| Leg 5: Fairy Tale
| Leg 5: "Eisstockschießen" - Brendon |
| Leg 6: Oil
| Leg 6: "Escape Helicopter" - Brendon
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| | Leg 7: Courtship | Leg 7: N/A |
| Leg 8: Air Supply ;Water Supply (U-turned)
| Leg 8: "Harvest Honey" - Rachel
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| | Leg 9: Cricket | Leg 9: "Bollywood Dance" - Rachel |
| Leg 10: Pachyderm
| Leg 10: Make Coconut Rope - Brendon
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| | Leg 11: Bingo Shout-Out | Leg 11: "Bring That Chicken Home" - Brendon |
| | Leg 12: N/A | Leg 12: "Shave Ice" - Brendon; "Hawaiian Games" - Rachel
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| ADVICE TO THE TEAM: |
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POLL
Preceded By:
Amani & Marcus
| 3rd Placer
Season 20 | Succeeded By:
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